Shazam Arrives on Windows Phone 8

Music discovery on your Windows Phone 8 device is about to get a little easier.

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Music discovery on your Windows Phone 8 device is about to get a little easier.

The popular app Shazam, which can identify songs in a few seconds, is now available on Microsoft's mobile operating system. The app features a fresh user interface with larger artwork and popular Shazam features such as unlimited free tagging, so you can identify all the music, TV shows, and ads you want.

The Windows Phone 8 version also boasts a few other notable features like the ability to identify tracks directly from your phone's home screen. To do so, you'll need to pin the tagging button to your home screen. In addition, once you've tagged a song, you can purchase the track directly from Xbox Music or, if you're using a Nokia phone, through Nokia Music.

The app is also integrated with Facebook and Twitter, letting you share your finds with friends. You can also see song lyrics with a single touch, and get additional information like music reviews and bios about the artists and albums you find. If you're really into the look of a particular album, you can set the cover art as your phone's wallpaper.

"We are incredibly excited about this launch as it brings so many of Shazam's key features to Windows Phone 8 fans," Daniel Danker, chief product officer for Shazam, said in a statement. "Windows Phone 8 users now have access to a great smartphone experience, from faster tagging and a new interactive map, where users can discover the music people are listening to around them. This is more than just the music that's already popular; these are often songs people are discovering for the first time."

The new Windows Phone 8 app comes a week after Shazam released a major update for its iPad version, complete with a new Auto-Tagging feature that, as its name suggests, automatically tags songs, television shows, and TV ads playing in the vicinity of the iPad.

Meanwhile on the Windows Phone front, Microsoft this week released a revamped version of its Windows Phone App for Desktop, which syncs music, photos, and other media between your phone and Windows PC. The new version brings expanded support for iTunes podcasts, simplified updates, more flexible file selection, and a host of bug fixes.

Angela has been a PCMag reporter since January 2012. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a reporter for SC Magazine, covering everything related to hackers and computer security. Angela has also written for The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Virginia University's Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism.
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